Cincinnati received a No. 5 seed and will play the No. 12 seed Harvard in Spokane on March 20.

"Our team is excited to have the opportunity to represent our great city and institution at the NCAA Tournament," Cronin said. "Our fans gave us great energy inside Fifth Third Arena this season so we are thrilled to be able to share this moment with our 6th man."

“You can definitely feel the energy and I know as a student body we are very excited about this whole tournament,” UC student Spencer Gates said.

The student body has big dreams.

“We're Final Four bound at least,” UC Student Steven Breen said. “We have a tough match up in Harvard hopefully we don't get the upset.”

Cronin touched on what it will take to win against Harvard.

“We have to be smart enough to know what our formula for success is, and we have to be great at it. We can’t be good at it because Harvard’s really good. Good is not going be enough and our defense is going to have to be dominant,” Cronin said.

"It's not about having to win but wanting to win so they can keep playing," Cronin said.

“You start talking about leaving legacies for your seniors. It’s done in March, there's no question about that so all you got to do is walk down the streets of Cincinnati and ask people who played in 1992 and they can tell you they even know guys that came off the bench,” Cronin said.

Justin Jackson talked about entering his last tournament as a senior.

“It’s your last go around, it’s not coming back. You have to leave the way you want to leave so it’s our last chance. We will get to pass that tomorrow and do what we want to do,” Jackson said.

There is one thing that the fans would like to see hung up in Fifth Third Arena once the tournament is over.

“We do need another banner -- that would be very nice wouldn't it? The whole city of Cincinnati needs another one to be honest with you,” UC fan Frank Economou said.